The following quotes are not sorted but as they show in the folder and I will likely add more…

“I look for Solutions! Problems appear all on their own…” [my own]

Einstein said: “Stay away from negative people, they have a problem for every solution.”

“For those who agree or disagree, it is the exchange of ideas that broadens all of our knowledge” [Richard Eastman]

“Complexity is your enemy. Any fool can make something complicated. It is hard to make something simple.” [Richard Branson]

“The Road goes ever on and on ∞ Down from the door where it began. ∞ Now far ahead the Road has gone, ∞ And I must follow, if I can, ∞ Pursuing it with eager feet, ∞ Until it joins some larger way ∞ Where many paths and errands meet. ∞ And whither then? I cannot say.” [Bilbo Baggins (the Lord of the Rings)]

Always listen to the experts! They tell you it is impossible and why you can not do it. When you know that: Go Ahead! [Lazarus Long]

“Big data is like teenage sex: everyone talks about it, nobody really knows how to do it, everyone thinks everyone else is doing it, so everyone claims they are doing it…” [Dan Ariely]

“Democracy is based on the assumption that a million men are wiser than one man. How’s that again? I missed something.” “Autocracy is based on the assumption that one man is wiser than a million men. Let’s play that over again, too. Who decides?” [Both Lazarus Long by Robert A. Heinlein]

“It doesn’t make sense to hire smart people and then tell them what to do; we hire smart people so they can tell us what to do.” [Steve Jobs]

“When I hire people, I look for Great Attitude. I don’t look for MBA or PhD.” [Robert Kuok]

Steve Jobs: “So then they said I needed a degree to succeed…” – Bill Gates: “They said that to you too?” – Both laughing [put in their mouth]

“Here I am, brain the size of a planet and they ask me to take you to the bridge. Call that job satisfaction? ’cause I don’t.” [Marvin in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy]

“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.” [Albert Einstein]

“He who is without sin among you, let him be the first to throw a stone at her” [Jesus Christ, a Jew from Nazareth]

“A good airline is defined by CUSTOMER SATISFACTION, not just cost per available seat mile” [Gordon Bethune, 1996]

“I do not deal well with politicians. I tend to tell people that when they are full of crap, that they are full of crap. [Robert ‘Bob’ Crandall]

A ship engine failed, no one could fix it. Then they brought in a man with 40 years on the job. He inspected the engine carefully, top to bottom. After looking things over, the guy reached into his back and pulled out a small hammer. He gently tapped something. Instantly, the engine lurched to life. The engine was fixed! 7 days later the owners got his bill for 10K. ‘What?!’ the owners said. ‘You hardly did anything. Send us an itemized bill.’ The reply simply said: 1. Tapping with a hammer. $2 — 2. Knowing where to tap: $9,998. -Don’t Ever Underestimate Experience.-

“Train people well enough so they can leave, treat them well enough so they don’t want to.” [Richard Branson]

“If you digitalize a shitty process, you have a shitty digital process.” [Thorsten Dirks] (also known as: Garbage in … Garbage out)

“What are the facts? Again and again and again-what are the facts? Shun wishful thinking, ignore divine revelation, forget what “the stars foretell,” avoid opinion, care not what the neighbors think, never mind the unguessable “verdict of history” — what are the facts, and to how many decimal places? You pilot always into an unknown future; facts are your single clue. Get the facts!” [Lazarus Long]

“Never interrupt someone doing something you said couldn’t be done”“… decide … whether or not the goal is worth the risks involved. If it is, stop worrying …”[Amelia Earhart]